Metal post.



BATBNTED MAR. *8, 1904,

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G. P. CLINGMAN. METAL POST. TI

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UNITED STATES,

Patented March 8, 190$.

PATENT OFFICE.

METAL POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 754,198,.date'd March 8, 1904. I Application filed May 24, 1902 Serial No. 108,824. (No model.) l

- To all. whom it may concern:

Be'it known thatI, GEORGE FRANKLIN C I eMAN, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have'invented a certain new.

and useful Improvement in Metal Posts, (Case No. 5,) of which the following is afull,clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification;

My invention relates to metal posts, and especially to posts adapted for use for support ing'barb-wire and similar fences. The object of my invention is to provide-a simple, practical, strong, light, and durable post which can be cheaply manufactured and cheaply transported.

In the post herein shown and described for carrying out my invention I employ as-the post a metal structure,

upright body of the preferably sheet-steel, made with two portions at right angles to one another, and from portions are punched a plurality one of these of lugs. These lugs are to engage and support the wires of the fence, and to such end the wires are laid in the lugs and then the latter are bent over so as ,to clasp and hold the wires. The bottom of the post-is provided with laterally or transversely extend ing portions which tend to oppose an upward bodily movementor a side swinging movement of the post, and thereby to act as an anchor. The post so made is light because of the small amount of metal, is strong because of the arrangement of one metal p0r' tion at right angles to the other, isstrong in Fig. 1.

and durable because of its metal character,

and is inexpensive-to make and transport. The wires are firmly and securely held and the post is prevented from being moved from its upright position in the ground.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of a post embodying my invention arranged in the ground. Fig. 2is

a transverse section of the post on line 2 2 upper end of the post. portion of a modified form of the post. 'Fig.

5 is avertical section of a portion of the post Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the v Fig. 4 is a view of a and a wire gripped thereby. is a front view of aportion of the post,"

The post A shown in .the drawingsismade' of an angle-bar having the two portions 1 and 2 arranged'at right angles to one another. This angle-bar is desirably made of sheetsteel and is suflieiently long toafford the proper height of post. after a suitable length of post has been embedded in' the ground. The portion 2 of the angle-bar has lugs 3 3 punched from it, as well shown in Fig. 3, the

lugs being desirably punched so that their lower ends are attached to the piece or portion. 2; -.A strip of the metal around the lugs is cut away,.'so'. that the lugs are smaller than i T the openings in the -angle-banlas' well shown in 6. These lugs 3 3 form the support or clasps for the wires jofthefence, the Wiresbeing to such end laid between-the portion 2 and the respective lugs?) 3, after which the lugs are bent inwardly to'engage and hold the wires. The wires are usually bent slightly into the recesses 4 bythe lugs 3 when the latter are turned inwardly, 2 and 5. longitudinal movement,-and the large openings in the angle-bar prevent cutting of the. wire.

The lower end of the angle-bar A is provided with two cross-pieces 5 and 6, conven-' iently riveted to the bottom of the angle-bar.

as shownin Figs.

Braces 7 7 and 88 in the form' of rods are extended between the outer ends .of the crossbars 5 and 6 and the angle-bar A and secured thereto, as by rivets. These cross-bars 5 6and' braces 7 8 8 serve toanchor the post and hold it. securely against upward-movement and side-to-side movement. In their place it is obvious that other anchoring devices could be employed.

The modification shown in Fig. 4is intended for use at corners. LIt ha'slugs punched from both sides of the angle bar ,the lugs .on the different sides being used-for the wires running in different directions fromthe corner.

In erecting a fence with posts embodying this invention I desirably" place theposts so This holds the wires securely against that the transverse or supporting portion of I the angle-bar-that is, the. one from which the i lugs are not punched-are on opposite sides of the wires in successive posts. Thus the fence is, as it were, weaved among the posts, Whereby the latter serve to brace the wires from both sides.

- It is obvious that changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is 1. Ametal post having flexible-metal tongues formed by slots in the post at the sides of the tongues, the width of the tongues being less than the width of the resulting apertures in the post and serving to clamp a wire or wires between themselves and the post, substantially as described.

2. A metal post having flexible-metal tongues formed by diverging slots in the post at the sides of the tongues, the width of the'tongues beingless than the width of the resulting apertures in the post and serving to clamp 21 wire or wires'between themselves and the post, substantially as described.

3. The combination with fence-wires, of a metal post having flexible tongues formed by slits or slots in the post at the sides of the GEORGE FRANKLIN ChlNliM \Nitnesses:

A. MI LER BELFIELI), J. C. LEE.

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